The ground earth wire serves two purposes:
To trip the protection as quickly as possible if theres an out of balanced current or a fault to earth.
and to bring the user to the same potential to the earth if there is a fault and the protection doesnt trip. that way because you are at the same potential as earth you will not get electrocuted.
So that in the event of an electrical problem with the device, YOU won't be killed.
If there is no ground wire connect the ground wire to the neutral wire.
Check the continuity of the ground wire from both the ends. Ensure the ground wire is properly connected to earth / ground terminals
Yes, if there in no ground wire that is acceptable on a home with no ground wires.
Some older wire does not have a ground. All you can do in that case is use a jumper wire to connect the ground to the neutral.
Yes, if it is not an insulated wire. If it is bare copper it is always ground. But the hot and neutral wire are also copper, they are just insulated.
It means a wire in the ground.
That Thermostat is LOW voltage. IT does not have a ground wire. There is no need for a ground. it only opperates on 24 volts. there may be a green wire but it does not mean it is a ground
If there is no ground wire connect the ground wire to the neutral wire.
Check the continuity of the ground wire from both the ends. Ensure the ground wire is properly connected to earth / ground terminals
If you are connecting 120 volts, you connect the black wire to the breaker, white wire to the neutral bar, and ground wire to the ground bar. If you are connecting 240 volts connect the black & white wires to the breaker, & ground wire to the ground bar.
Yes, if there in no ground wire that is acceptable on a home with no ground wires.
If the voltage between real ground and the ground wire is not 0.0000 Volt, then the wire is not grounded properly.
Some older wire does not have a ground. All you can do in that case is use a jumper wire to connect the ground to the neutral.
the hot wire goes to the starter and the ground wire bolts to the engine block.
Easy, Ground it with your stereo ground wire.... (make the pink wire and black wire connect to the Main Ground wire which is also Black)
Ground wire to neutral wire.
If there happens to be a fault on that appliance the ground wire is the faults path back to ground.